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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Shorten the long landing
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
Read more in Flare TimingStart to finish · 24 stages, 19 in the score
The approach before the go-around was abandoned. Its marks are shown, but only the approach that landed counts.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 96 kt with 2.8° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 685 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 601 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,200 fpm on average to 685 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 1,130 m runway.
Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted right of the centreline, 8.6 m at the widest, and lifted off 8.7 m right. Airborne 28 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 1.6 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 110 ft above the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 579 m left of the centreline at 1.6 nm, then inside the band from 1.0 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 42 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 25 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Fast from 1.6 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to +45 kt).
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Very good landing flare
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 270° at 6 kt · 6 kt head · 0 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,119 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 12 ft, 38 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 333 m in, close to the ideal 305 m.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,119 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
From 10 ft the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 140 fpm before coming down at 240 fpm to touch. The nose came up 0.9° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the full 1,119 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 2.9 m of it down the rollout.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended.
The 333 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.28 G arrival bounced 3 times.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a quick taxi from the parking area to the runway, taking less than a minute and covering less than a mile. The aircraft, a Beechcraft Baron G58, then took off from runway 06L at YPJT Perth Jandakot Airport, with a takeoff distance of 412 meters, which was 36% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 97 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 16°C temperature and a wind of 6 knots at 270°. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the tailwind was 5 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile northeast of Jandakot, where the aircraft climbed from 799 feet above sea level to 2,851 feet, an increase of 2,052 feet in 4 minutes, covering 9 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise, starting 1 mile southwest of Cottesloe, and lasted for 8 minutes, covering 11 nautical miles. This was followed by a descent from 2,745 feet to 704 feet, a decrease of 2,041 feet in 3 minutes, covering 7 nautical miles, which started 1 mile west of Harrisdale. The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting overhead Kewdale, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering 2 nautical miles.
The flight continued with a series of climbs and level cruises, with the aircraft climbing from 947 feet to 3,014 feet in 3 minutes, covering 7 nautical miles, starting 1 mile southwest of Maida Vale. It then entered a level cruise, starting overhead Bickley, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then climbed from 3,005 feet to 3,597 feet in 2 minutes, covering 4 nautical miles, starting overhead Carmel.
The final level cruise started overhead Orange Grove and lasted for 26 minutes, covering 38 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 13 miles west of Rottnest Island, and descended from 3,872 feet to 796 feet, a decrease of 3,076 feet in 5 minutes, covering 13 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 27 at YRTI Rottnest Island Airport was from the east, with a heading of 246.0° at 1 nautical mile and 703 feet above ground level. However, a go-around was initiated at 3 feet above ground level. The aircraft then landed on runway 27, with a touchdown distance of 333 meters, which was good. The touchdown speed was 98 knots, which was too fast, while the touchdown rate was good at -158 feet per minute.
The total landing distance was 935 meters, which was 84% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was perfect. The total flight distance was 101 nautical miles, taking 59 minutes, and the aircraft used 54 kilograms of fuel.
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